Best Dan Simmons Audiobooks

The best audiobooks by Dan Simmons — 5 titles spanning Sci-Fi, Horror, averaging 4.18 ABR stars.

Dan Simmons's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is Endymion, narrated by Victor Bevine (4.39 ABR stars). Browse the full list below.

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  1. 1
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    Endymion

    Hyperion Cantos • Book 3

    by Dan Simmons, Gary Ruddell

    Narrated by Victor Bevine

    ★ 4.39 ABR Score (80.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (71.6K) ★ 4.63 Audible (8.8K)
    23h 17m listening time • Released 2009
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    The Fall of Hyperion

    Hyperion Cantos • Book 2

    by Dan Simmons

    Narrated by Victor Bevine

    ★ 4.38 ABR Score (165.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (150.4K) ★ 4.53 Audible (14.6K)
    21h 45m listening time • Released 2008
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    The Rise of Endymion

    Hyperion Cantos • Book 4

    by Dan Simmons

    Narrated by Victor Bevine

    ★ 4.35 ABR Score (74.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (65.8K) ★ 4.6 Audible (8.6K)
    29h 47m listening time • Released 2009
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    Hyperion

    Hyperion • Book 1

    by Dan Simmons

    Narrated by Marc Vietor, Allyson Johnson, Kevin Pariseau, Jay Snyder, Victor Bevine

    ★ 4.31 ABR Score (328.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (303.0K) ★ 4.37 Audible (25.7K)
    20h 44m listening time • Released 2008

    Structured like The Canterbury Tales but set across the galaxy, Dan Simmons weaves six extraordinary stories into a puzzle-box epic unlike anything else in sci-fi.

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    Bloodsuckers: The Vampire Archives

    Vampire Archives • Book 1

    by Otto Penzler, Stephen King, Tanith Lee, Dan Simmons, Bram Stoker, Neil Gaiman - preface, Otto Penzler

    Narrated by Scott Brick, Fred Sanders, Mark Deakens, Susan Duerden, Simon Vance, Marc Cashman, Stephen Hoye, Allyson Ryan

    ★ 3.45 ABR Score (461 ratings)
    ★ 3.47 Goodreads (322) ★ 3.61 Audible (139)
    12h 50m listening time • Released 2010

    A killer lineup of narrators transforms these vampire stories into a genuinely immersive experience—each voice perfectly matched to its tale, making King's terror and Stoker's dread feel freshly terrifying.

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